Corinth Timeline

Definition

Corinth was a Greek, Hellenistic and Roman city located on the isthmus which connects mainland Greece with the Peloponnese. Surrounded by fertile plains and blessed with natural springs, ancient Corinth was a centre of trade, had a naval fleet and participated in various Greek wars.

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Timeline

c. 5000 BCE
Earliest Neolithic finds in the Corinth area.
c. 750 BCE
The Bacchiadae take power in Corinth.
c. 733 BCE
Traditional date when Corinth founds a colony on Corcyra.
733 BCE
Corinth founds the colony of Syracuse in Sicily.
c. 700 BCE
Corinthians adopt the trireme from the Phoenicians.
660 BCE
Corcyra wins a naval battle against their founding city of Corinth.
c. 657 BCE - 585 BCE
The Kypselidai are tyrants of Corinth.
c. 627 BCE - c. 587 BCE
Periander is tyrant at Corinth.
c. 625 BCE
Black-figure pottery created in Corinth.
c. 625 BCE - 600 BCE
The orientalizing style of Greek pottery becomes popular in Corinth.
c. 620 BCE - 600 BCE
Proto-corinthian reaches its zenith in artistic quality producing the best pottery in Greece.
585 BCE
An oligarchy of 80 takes power at Corinth.
580 BCE
First athletic games at Isthmia.
c. 550 BCE - c. 366 BCE
Peloponnesian League alliance between Sparta, Corinth, Elis and Tegea which establishes Spartan hegemony over the Peloponnese.
c. 550 BCE
The temple of Apollo is constructed at Corinth.
525 BCE
Sparta and Corinth unsuccessfully attack Polycrates of Samos.
433 BCE
A naval battle between the victorious combined forces of Corcyra and Athens against Corinth.
429 BCE
Athens successfully campaigns in the Corinthian Gulf regions during the Peloponnesian War.
c. 411 BCE - c. 337 BCE
Life of Corinthian general Timoleon.
395 BCE - 386 BCE
The Corinthian Wars between Sparta and an alliance of Athens, Corinth, Argos, Boeotia and Thebes.
c. 354 BCE
Xenophon dies at Corinth.
338 BCE
Philip of Macedonia defeats the Greek allied forces of Athens, Thebes and Corinth in the Battle of Chaironeia.
243 BCE
Corinth joins the Archaean League.
243 BCE
Corinth is attacked and brought into the Achaean League.
225 BCE
Macedonians bring an army across the Isthmus to face another Achaian force trying to take Corinth.
146 BCE
Rome sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league. Greece is ruled by Rome.
44 BCE
Julius Caesar founds the Roman colony of Corinth.
67 CE
Under Nero excavation of the Corinth Canal begins but is abandoned after three months.
267 CE
The Goths sack Athens, Corinth, Sparta, and Argos.
c. 396 CE
Corinth burned by the Visigoths under Alaric.